My main character is annoying me (I think I am beginning to hate her, not a good way to go). I am going to build up the other characters.
I've heard that with novel writing, characters begin to take on a life of their own. Between Ydc's comments and this, especially this , it would seem to be true. I hope you and Martine hang in there... I can understand your passing on it, Damellon.
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." ~ Oscar Wilde
Oh, well, alright, then !!! Let me just swing around and include you in my hope that you hang in there ! < * though I could understand any one of you passing on it ~ sounds more than overwhelming to me * > I hope we can, somehow, somewhere, read some of the results.
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." ~ Oscar Wilde
Lizzy
How comforting - we get your vote if we do and if we don't. Thank you.
Blonde Madonna
My main character is annoying me too. She won't come far enough out of the shadows for me to get a good look at her. You have other characters?
Martine
Are you having nightmares? Be careful of transference beween you and your fictional psychiatric patients. Identity issues can be confusing. Are you actually working with people who are a danger to themselves or to others?
I must tell all you non-Nano's, this is much harder work than I had anticipated.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
from Wild Geese
Mary Oliver
damellon wrote:
I must tell all you non-Nano's, this is much harder work than I had anticipated.
And therein lies the reason I never tried it, despite all the other excuses I've made.
I don't think having your characters developing traits you find annoying is a bad thing--as a matter of fact I think you might look at it as a good thing. Perhaps that means your people are beginning to take on life.
Hopefully everyone is closing in on the 10,000 mark. Keep us updated.
Ydc
Spin it out a bit then kill her off.
Do a 'Last Orders' (Graham Swift) on it. Everyone who comes/cant come/won't come to the funeral has a story to tell.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
from Wild Geese
Mary Oliver
Good idea, Damellon. I had just been thinking to save her... send her to treatment; and deal with all the stories there. Or, is she already there? I know. My ultimate suggestion would be to do both. Let her live for now. Is she one of your in-patients at the mental hospital? If so, add in some drugs that she's been getting from a rogue doctor and have her go to the drug treatment unit. Plenty of stories there. Successful people going to the pits. Street people finally getting a reliable roof over their head and a hot meal, but still dying [literally] to get back to the streets, relapsing and such. Then, have all of it be for naught. She kills herself, anyway... just as she seemed to be doing so well [but it turned out to be the tragic period just preceding suicide, where she's finally at peace with her decision]. THEN... go to the funeral and see the huge variety of people there and all their stories. Could do some serious interlinking there.
I'm not familiar with this reference ~ "'Last Orders' (Graham Swift)" but I'm sure it would be a good one... with all the comes, couldn't comes, and refused to comes. Ha.
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." ~ Oscar Wilde
Happy writing, Martine... my last comment is to be sure to give the reader evidence and hope that all's going to be well, and then... [I know my story line is a bit trite, but hey... words are words, right?]
What is yours about, Damellon?
~ Lizzy
"Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken." ~ Oscar Wilde
Depending on your present word count, if it was me (which is isn't), I'd think it's too early to kill her. The 2000 words you will get now does not seem (to me) worth the frustration of the redevelopment of a plot around a new protagonist.
That typed, I think I do remember a couple by King where he killed off early those whom I least expected.
Good luck.
Ydc
, it would seem to be true. I hope you and Martine hang in there... I can understand your passing on it, Damellon.
!!! Let me just swing around and include you in my hope that you hang in there 
! < * though I could understand any one of you passing on it ~ sounds more than overwhelming to me * > I hope we can, somehow, somewhere, read some of the results.
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